Month: August 2006
Maxian's M800 30GB TV-recording media player
I can't say I'm too familiar with Maxian, but I do like the look of their M800 media player, which is set to hit Europe later this year. The slimline player (just 17mm in thickness) features a Sharp-manufactured 4.3-inch…
Thursday Top 10: Coolest eBay auctions in August
Is eBay full of overpriced tat that never sells, even if it used to belong to a celebrity? Well, yes. Although obviously there's much more to it than that. Bayraider has just rounded up its favourite ten auctions for…
Explore Earth and Space with NASA World Wind
Google Earth sets the standard for browser based earth imaging but NASA, with its unrivalled resources has its own earth viewer program called World Wind. It’s an open source project combining satellite imagery from satellites and shuttle missions, combined…
Google's Book Search goes live
The days of searching round the house for a good book to read are over – you can now search round with net and download one with Google Book Search. But don't get too excited – you can only…
IFA 2006: Philips refines its Entertaible interactive gaming table
Remember Philips' prototype interactive board game from this year's CES? Well, they've refined it and its ready to face the public. The idea of the Entertaible is to mix the flexibility of the electronic games arena, such as dynamic…
Free Online Storage, Leave your Laptop At Home
The next time you go flying you might want to think twice about taking your laptop with you, following the events of the past few weeks. If a terrorist alert licks off while you are waiting to check in…
Yay or Nay: Spiral Frog
As I reported earlier today, Spiral Frog is a new style of online music download service aimed at reforming those illegally downloading music by offering free music in return for watching adverts. So what do you reckon (despite the fact…
Website of the Day: Cool Text
Today's Website of the Day is Cool Text, a site that lets you design basic text logos and buttons, as well as providing textures and free fonts. Whilst the buttons and logos aren't amazing original pieces of art, they will…
Kensington introduce notebook USB expansion dock with VGA
Kensington have released a notebook expansion dock with VGA output that works off just one USB port. Connecting your notebook PC to the dock gives you access to a four-port USB hub, Ethernet, speakers, a monitor up to 19" at…
One Minute Video Review: Navman Mobile
I looked at the Navman Mobile Travel Assist S60 – there was a name change in the time between I recorded this video and you seeing it now, so excuse the trip into the past. You can read a full…
